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Fashion plate, from La Nouvelle Mode
published in Paris
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This fashion plate is from La Nouvelle Mode, a weekly fashion journal published in Paris. Dated 1910, the plate is one in a collection of plates from the journal, compiled in a book entitled 'Book of Fashion Plates from La Nouvelle Mode: Fashions 1908-1911'.
The plate is numbered 11. It illustrates a fancy dress outfit called 'Louis IV coquette'. A coquette is a girl or woman who flirts.
The fancy dress ball and the 'Bal Masqué' originated around the time of the battle of Waterloo in 1815. They remained popular entertainment throughout the 19th and into the 20th century.
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- Online ID: 000-190-004-893-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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- Date: 1910
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- Book of Fashion Plates from La Nouvelle Mode: Fashions 1908-1911. 1910, pl 11.
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